The Red Sea, circled by desert landscapes, is home to marine life accustomed to the water's bathtub-like temperatures—often reaching 85 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. But in the past three ...

The Red Sea, circled by desert landscapes, is home to marine life accustomed to the water’s bathtub-like temperatures—often reaching 85 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. But in the past three ...

Fans of Finding Nemo will love the crystal-clear underwater footage in a YouTube clip captured at Anilao in the Philippines. It provides a close-up view of two clownfish tending to their batch of eggs ...

A 2023 marine heat wave in the central Red Sea caused 100% of monitored sea anemones to bleach, followed by the death of 94-100% of clownfish and 66-94% of the anemones across three surveyed reefs.

When healthy, anemones look like pink flowers blossoming on rocks and coral, and serve as homes for clownfish, made famous by the film Finding Nemo. But in 2023 biologists found an entire population ...

Clownfish, a small orange and white species made famous by the “Finding Nemo” movies, have been found to shrink in order to boost their chances of surviving marine heat waves, according to a new study ...

It’s safe to say that this distinctive orange and and white creature is one of the most recognizable fish on the planet, due largely to the 2001 hit Finding Nemo. Now, scientists have discovered they ...

Clownfish became a household name over a decade ago when Disney released the movie "Finding Nemo." Found exclusively in the Indo-Pacific, clownfish are symbiotic animals that only live in sea anemones ...

The secret’s in the snot. Chemical changes in the mucus that coats a clownfish’s body can blunt the sting of its symbiotic anemone partner. To investigate, she and her colleagues raised orange ...

To survive warming oceans, clownfish cope by shrinking in size. Scientists observed that some of the orange-striped fish shrank their bodies during a heat wave off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Fish ...

Most anemonefishes are striped and the direction of their stripes — vertical or horizontal — correlate with their levels of territorial aggression A new study reveals that anemonefishes display ...

With its vibrant orange color and white stripes, also known as bars, the clownfish is among the most iconic sea creatures. But how does Nemo develop its distinctive look? Scientists are learning more ...